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After months of rumblings that members of his party want him to walk the plank, new reports say Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to have accepted the inevitable. A report in the Globe and Mail, based on sources it did not name, said that in the coming days, Trudeau...

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A self-described transgender individual with a history of violence allegedly stabbed a postal worker to death in New York City on Thursday afternoon over a spot in line at a deli. The incident, which occurred at a bodega in Harlem, sees the alleged assailant facing homicide charges over the death...

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries already made enough bad news off of his speech to open the 119th Congress, where he said there were no "election deniers" on the Democratic side of the aisle, only to be reminded that there were plenty of "election deniers" over there -- including Jeffries...

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A grocery shopper took to social media to complain about people asking for her help reaching items on the shelves because of her height, triggering a firestorm from fellow users. Osha Cerese, a life coach based in Georgia, wrote on social media that a woman approached her in the produce...

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An assistant district attorney who served with the Orleans Parish office of the District Attorney is dead in an apparent suicide. The incident took place at about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to WWL-TV. Ian Kersting was found dead in the office of the Orleans Parish District Attorney in New Orleans....

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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has not, by any conceivable or meaningful metric, been a good president in his lone and -- thankfully -- only term as President of the United States. He has presided over a suffocating economy, a world deeply plunged into chaos, broken promises, and a family whose...

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We all choose whether to bear our particular crosses with bitter resentment or with dignity and Christian charity. Actor Geoffrey Owens, who played Elvin Tibideaux on the iconic 1980s sitcom "The Cosby Show," has chosen the latter. In an interview last month on Atlanta's V-103 radio, Owens explained that unflattering...

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Full disclosure: I am fairly new to being a man of faith. I've only been baptized for about a year. And yet, even I know that few sins -- if any -- are worse than blaspheming. Incumbent President Joe Biden has ostensibly been a Catholic for some time now (though...

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Everything appears to be turning up Trump lately. That includes the White House, colleges, magazine covers, and even Silicon Valley. Yet another addition to that growing list? Both the big and small screens, so to speak. According to multiple reports, former-and-future first lady Melania Trump will be getting an "unprecedented"...

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On Monday Kamala Harris joined a unique club of vice presidents who have presided over certifying their own losses for the presidential race. The last time it happened was 2000 in the hotly contested race between Republican Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Democrat Vice President Al Gore. Bush won...

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Do not get your hopes too high. After all, she did not exactly morph into a female version of Ricky Gervais. Nonetheless, modern Hollywood so rarely offers truth -- or even entertainment -- that the sudden combination of the two qualifies as newsworthy. Early in her opening monologue at Sunday's...

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Every senior member of President-elect Donald Trump's winning coalition brings something essential to the incoming administration. For instance, in an email interview with Mark Caputo of Axios published on Monday, incoming White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles laid out a no-nonsense vision of how she expects the new White...

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President-elect Donald Trump renewed his push to make Canada part of the United States following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement Monday that he will be resigning. "I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister after the party selects its next leader through a robust, nationwide, competitive process," Truedeau...

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Items stolen from the home of actor Keanu Reeves in 2023 appear to have been recovered in Chile. Chilean police said three watches that were owned by Reeves, who stars as John Wick in a series of movies, have been recovered, according to CNN. The watches included a Rolex Submariner...

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A 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been arrested in Florida on allegations that he molested a 5-year-old girl. Nicolas Jose Francisco was charged by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office after the alleged victim was interviewed by the Department of Children and Families, according to WPEC. The suspect faces...

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On Monday, ABC's "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin tried to elevate the importance of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion to the extreme by claiming it was on par with World War II, the Holocaust, and slavery. Hostin led into her preposterous claim by taking a shot at former Secretary...

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President-elect Donald Trump vowed to reverse President Joe Biden’s Monday executive order banning oil and gas drilling in certain American coastal waters once he returns to office. The incoming commander-in-chief said in a Monday interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt that the move to ban drilling in 625 million acres...

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On Monday, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith accused the New England Patriots of considering race when firing head coach Jerod Mayo after just one season with the team. The sports journalist said that the firing of Mayo, who led the Patriots to finish 4-13 this season, was “about Mike Vrabel,”...

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Congress was sworn in on Jan. 6, so you know that the Democrats had a topic they were going to bang on about: Specifically, Sen. Deb Fischer's husband. Yeah, I know -- I didn't see that one coming, either. But apparently, the husband of the Nebraska GOP incumbent was called...

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Well, you can tentatively put another DEI notch on conservative activist Robby Starbuck's belt. Starbuck -- a filmmaker who has specialized in getting corporations to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or scale them back greatly -- says he managed to pressure America's biggest fast-food chain, McDonald's, into announcing the...

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